Stephen van Beek
MA (Tripos), DCTP, Member CAPT
"We make art from the quarrel with ourselves, mere rhetoric from the quarrel with others."- W.B. Yeats
Professional Development Record
Workshops and Seminars
'Mindfulness and Psychotherapy', an on-line NICBM Course led by Ronald D. Siegel 2006-2007
The Method Pilates, Matwork Teacher Certification Training (Parts 1 and 2), Physicalmind Institute, 2009
Workshop leader and Course developer 2006-2008
Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy training series with Pragmos Consulting for Toronto Therapy Network members (www.therapytoronto.ca)
Expert Panelist
"Unconscious Motivators and Situational Seat Belt Use", published results of a literature and expert panel review for NTSA (National Transportation Safety Administration, an agency of the United States Federal Government) Washington DC
Reading
The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine MD
The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine MD
The Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge MD
The Weariness of the Self by Alain Ehrenberg
Schizoid Phenomena, Object-Relations, and the Self by Harry Guntrip
The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
Portrait of the Blue Lady: The Character of Melancholy by Lyn Cowan
Mindfulness and Psychotherapy edited by Christopher K. Germer, Ronald D. Siegel and Paul R. Fulton
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt
The Divided Self by R.D. Laing MD
The Essential Loewald: Collected Papers and Monographs by Hans W. Loewald
The Divided Mind by John Sarno MD
Affect Regulation and the Origin of the Self by Allan N. Schore
Soul Murder by Lawrence Shengold MD
Looking Awry: Jacques Lacan in Popular Culture by Slavoj Zizek
Brief Therapy with Individuals and Couples edited by Carlson and Sperry
Integral Psychology by Ken Wilber
Supervision
Supervision for several therapists from 2006
Related Activities
The Memory Project, a bibliotherapy exploration
The Man without Qualities Volumes 1 & 2 by Robert Musil
Austerlitz, Vertigo and The Emigrants by Max Sebald
In Search of Time Past Volume 1 (Swann’s Way) by Marcel Proust
Somatic Learning Project
Personal study of Pilates, Franklin and Feldenkrais methodologies
Feel free to contact me by email or by phone to discuss what you need. I am centrally located located at Bloor & Spadina on the subway line. Easy by bike and a client parking spot as well. For your convenience I accept cash, Interac, cheque and credit cards. Here's a map.
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